Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons— it’s bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it’s one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites.
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Posted inMeteorites & Asteroids
The Hamburg Meteorite Contains Pristine Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds
In the night of January 16, 2018, a fireball meteor streaked across the sky over the Midwest and Ontario before landing on a frozen lake in Michigan. Scientists used weather […]
Posted inMeteorites & Asteroids, Press Release
Meteorite Contains The Oldest Material On Earth: 7-billion-year-old Stardust
Stars have life cycles. They’re born when bits of dust and gas floating through space find each other and collapse in on each other and heat up. They burn for […]
Posted inImpact events, Press Release
When Dinosaurs Died So Did Forests And Tree-dwelling Birds
Sixty-six million years ago, the world burned. An asteroid crashed to Earth with a force one million times larger than the largest atomic bomb, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. […]